The Texas Republican asked a statistician to cast doubts on climate science From Joe Barton’s climate report was plagiarized – War Room – Salon.com Anyone shocked that the guy who apologized to BP isn’t an honest actor in the climate debate?
The health-care reform negotiations in one cartoon
From The health-care reform negotiations in one cartoon Last 30 years of US politics in a nutshell.
Gore Riles Corn Ethanol Lobby
Al Gore has apparently irked some members of the ethanol lobby by suggesting during a panel discussion at a green business conference on Monday that his earlier support for corn-based ethanol subsidies was “a mistake.” From Gore Riles Corn Ethanol Lobby – NYTimes.com Now that he will never run a campaign in Iowa, he can be honest.
The Tea Party and the market for land
You have people here who enjoy their existing low density lifestyles, they like the fact that said lifestyles are explicitly and implicitly subsidized through a variety of public policy measures, and they don’t like the idea of losing those subsidies. What’s more, they regard their antagonists as somewhat culturally alien. So they’re pissed off. The… Continue reading The Tea Party and the market for land
10 Epic Failures of the Bush Tax Cuts
In a rare moment of candor last week, the third-ranking Republican in the House admitted the failure of the Bush tax cuts. “You know, I think it’s fair to say, if the current tax rates were enough to create jobs and generate economic growth we’d have a growing economy,” Mike Pence acknowledged, adding, “It’s not… Continue reading 10 Epic Failures of the Bush Tax Cuts
What is the case for the Fed?
If you take the relevant division to be “before and after WWII,” the Fed looks pretty good. From What is the case for the Fed? More honest discussion on the fed, demonstrating it is possible to debate its merits without hyperbole.
There Will Be Blood
There’s a legal limit to federal debt, which must be raised periodically if the government keeps running deficits; the limit will be reached again this spring. And since nobody, not even the hawkiest of deficit hawks, thinks the budget can be balanced immediately, the debt limit must be raised to avoid a government shutdown. But… Continue reading There Will Be Blood
Has the Fed Been a Failure?
2013 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Fed. What have we got for our money? From Marginal Revolution: Has the Fed Been a Failure? Fair critique of the FED.
Few Afghans know of 9/11, reason for war
Afghans in two crucial southern provinces are almost completely unaware of the September 11 attacks on the United States and don’t know they precipitated the foreign intervention now in its 10th year, a new report showed on Friday. From Few Afghans know of 9/11, reason for war Wow.
Countrywide Never Sent Mortgages to Trust, Now With Help ful Chart.
Countrywide Never Sent Mortgages to Trust, Now With Helpful Chart. « Rortybomb Rortybomb is rarely an easy read. If you make it through you’ll understand more than the TV bobble-heads discussing the problem with the no-paperwork foreclosures.